UTILITY AUTHORITIES IN WARREN COUNTY


New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU)
The Board of Public Utilities is a regulatory authority with a statutory mandate to ensure safe, adequate, and proper utility services at reasonable rates for customers in New Jersey. Accordingly, the NJBPU regulates critical services such as natural gas, electricity, water and telecommunications and cable television. The Board addresses issues of consumer protection, energy reform, deregulation of energy and telecommunications services and the restructuring of utility rates to encourage energy conservation and competitive pricing in the industry. The Board also has responsibility for monitoring utility service and responding to consumer complaints.

Link: http://www.bpu.state.nj.us/home/home.shtml


Pennsylvania – New Jersey – Maryland Interconnection – (PJM)
PJM Interconnection is a regional transmission organization (RTO) that plays a vital role in the U.S. electric system.

  • PJM ensures the reliability of the largest centrally dispatched control area in North America by coordinating the movement of electricity in all or parts of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.
  • PJM, acting neutrally and independently, operates the largest competitive wholesale electricity market in the world.
  • PJM manages a sophisticated regional planning process for generation and transmission expansion to assure future electric reliability.
  • PJM facilitates a collaborative stakeholder process. Stakeholders include participants that produce, buy, sell, move and regulate electricity.

Link: http://www.pjm.com/index.jsp


Jersey Central Power and Light, a First Energy Company (JCP&L)
FirstEnergy Corp. is a registered public utility holding company headquartered in Akron, Ohio. Its seven electric utility operating companies comprise the nation's fourth largest investor-owned electric system, serving 4.3 million customers within 36,100 square miles of Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Link: http://www.firstenergycorp.com/welcome/index.jsp


NUI Elizabethtown Gas
Elizabethtown Gas was founded in 1855 to provide energy for the 300 gaslights lining the streets of the city now known as Elizabeth, New Jersey.  For the first century of its existence, Elizabethtown Gas manufactured the gas it delivered.  In 1951, the company converted its system to natural gas which was delivered to New Jersey through a network of interstate pipelines.  Elizabethtown Gas became part of NUI Corporation when NUI was created in 1969.  Today, Elizabethtown Gas serves more than a quarter of a million residential, commercial and industrial customers in parts of Union, Middlesex, Sussex, Warren, Hunterdon, Morris and Mercer counties.

Link: http://www.nui.com/content.cfm?cid=117


Heating - Fuel Oil, Kerosene, Propane
Warren County is home to a host of companies that can satisfy your businesses heating fuel needs. To find a company please consult the electronic yellow pages below:

Link: http://yellowpages.superpages.com/yp.basic.jsp


Hazardous Waste - Pollution Control Financing Authority of Warren County (PCFA)
The PCFA is a member of the Association of New Jersey Household Hazardous Waste Coordinators (ANJHHWC).  Here you will find information about New Jersey county household hazardous waste disposal programs.  In addition, you will find a variety of general information on household hazardous waste-related topics.

Link: http://www.njhazwaste.com/warhome.htm


Waste Disposal – Covanta Secure Services
Covanta Secure Services, Inc. , meets a range of waste disposal needs for Fortune 500 companies and manufacturers, as well as federal, state and local government agencies. They guarantee complete and confidential destruction of a wide range of non-hazardous materials: off-spec products, manufacturing by-products, plastics, debris, manufacturing trimmings and sensitive and confidential documents.

Link: http://www.covantaenergy.com/secureservices/index.php4


Hackettstown Town of Municipal Utilities Authority (HMUA)
The Hackettstown Municipal Utilities Authority is a Water and Sewer Authority providing service to five municipalities in the Hackettstown Area since 1965.  The five municipalities include the Town of Hackettstown, Independence Township and Mansfield Township in Warren County and Mt. Olive Township and Washington Township in Morris County.
The Water Utility includes four well supplies, a surface water treatment facility supplied by three reservoirs, and 70 miles of water distribution mains.   The Sewer Utility includes 60 miles of sanitary sewer collection system which transports wastewater for treatment at a Water Pollution Control Plant rated at 3.3 million gallons per day (MGD).

Link: http://www.hmua.com/


United Water
With 130 years of water management expertise, United Water has the financial resources and technical know-how to help clients meet current and future water system challenges. The company offers customized, cost-effective solutions to communities of all sizes. This full spectrum of services includes public-private partnerships, contract operations, customer service, billing and collections, long-term leases, asset transfer, design and construction, ownership, and private financing.

Link: http://www.unitedwater.com/


Telecommunications - CenturyLink
Sprint is a global integrated communications provider serving more than 26 million customers in over 100 countries. With approximately 70,000 employees worldwide and nearly $27 billion in annual revenues, Sprint is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying state-of-the-art network technologies, including the United States' first nationwide all-digital, fiber-optic network and an award-winning Tier 1 Internet backbone. Sprint provides local voice and data services in 18 states and operates the largest 100-percent digital, nationwide PCS wireless network in the United States. The company, based in Overland Park, KS, is represented on the New York Stock Exchange by the FON Group and the PCS Group

Link: http://www.centurylink.com


Telecommunications - Verizon - NJ
Verizon Communications, (NYSE:VZ), formed by the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE, is one of the world's leading providers of high-growth communications services. Verizon companies are the largest providers of wireline and wireless communications in the United States, with over 139 million access line equivalents and over 36 million wireless customers.

Link: http://www22.verizon.com/about/community/nj/


Comcast Cable/Internet
Comcast cable services provide a variety of options to meet your media needs. Whether you're interested in Comcast Cable or Digital Cable, you'll get quality service at a great value. Comcast High-Speed Internet lets you do anything you can imagine online. Watch movies, research anything, plan vacations - see what the Internet really looks like with 100% Pure Broadband power.

Link: http://www.comcast.com/


Service Electric
As founder of the first cable television system in 1948 and a leader in telecommunications for over 50 years, Service Electric Cable TV & Communications remains at the forefront of the industry by offering the latest in home entertainment and telecommunication's services. Through advanced fiber optic technologies using state-of-the-art equipment, we are able to offer high-speed internet, telephony, and customer services over the Web including e-billing. Now more than ever, picture quality, sound, and service have never been better. Our viewers continue to receive their favorite channels in addition to great movies, sports, educational programming, pay-per-view, and special events.

Link: http://www.sectv.com


Utility Authorities in Warren County

Name of TownName of Utility AuthorityContact NameContact Phone
AlphaNone-Own Town Water & SewerLorraine Rossetti454-0088
BelvidereSewer Utility through townDawn Hardy475-5331
Franklin(Individual Wells and Septic Tanks, No Municipal Water and/or Sewer)
Frelinghuysen(Individual Wells and Septic Tanks, No Municipal Water and/or Sewer)
HackettstownHackettstown Municipal Utility AuthorityBruce Smith852-3622
Harmony(Individual Wells and Septic Tanks, No Municipal Water and/or Sewer)
Hope(Individual Wells and Septic Tanks, No Municipal Water and/or Sewer)
IndependenceIndependence Municipal Utility AuthorityBernice Billings637-4133
Knowlton(Individual Wells and Septic Tanks, No Municipal Water and/or Sewer)
Liberty(Individual Wells and Septic Tanks, No Municipal Water and/or Sewer)
Lopatcong(Individual Wells and Septic Tanks, No Municipal Water and/or Sewer)
OxfordWarren County Pequest
Municipal Utility Authority
Chris Guida475-5412
PhillipsburgPhillipsburg Municipal Utility AuthorityTori Morgan454-9348
Pohatcong(Individual Wells and Septic Tanks, No Municipal Water and/or Sewer)
WashingtonUS Filter Operation ServicesKaren Czesnakowski1-800-533-9035